The National Music (NMM) is located at the corner of Clark
and Yale Streets, on the south edge of the University of South Dakota campus
in Vermillion. Campus
map.

Directions for reaching the NMM when arriving in
Vermillion from
the
east, using the highway 50 business route (do not take the
highway 50 bypass):
go one block past the first traffic light and turn left (south) by
Burger King onto Pine Street. Continue on Pine Street for three blocks
until you come to a four-way stop. Turn right (west) onto Clark Street.
Continue west on Clark Street for three blocks to Yale Street. The
NMM is
located on the northwest corner of Clark and Yale Streets. Metered visitor
parking is available in the parking lot on
the NMM's east side. Visitors may also park on adjoining streets.

Directions for reaching the NMM when arriving in
Vermillion from the
west, using the highway 50 bypass: exit the bypass by taking a right at
Dakota Street (the
street which passes by the west side of the Dakota Dome). Continue south
through
one traffic
light and proceed two blocks to a four-way stop. Turn left (east) onto
Clark Street. Continue east on Clark Street for two blocks to Yale
Street. The NMM is located on the northwest corner of Clark and Yale
Streets.
Metered visitor parking is available in the parking lot on
the NMM's east side. Visitors may also park on adjoining streets.

* As a Blue Star Museum member, the NMM is pleased to offer free admission to active-duty U.S. military personnel and their families between Memorial Day weekend, May 24, and Labor Day, September 6, 2015. Blue Star Museums is a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and more than 2,000 museums across America to offer free admission to the nation's service members, including National Guard and Reserve, and their families from Memorial Day through Labor Day. Leadership support has been provided by MetLife Foundation through Blue Star Families.

How many military personnel and/or family members are allowed in for free per visit? The military ID holder plus up to five family members. The military ID holder can either be active duty service member or other dependent family member with the appropriate ID card. The active duty member does not have to be present for family members to use the program.

How do you define a family member? A family member of active duty military may include a spouse or child, aunts, uncles, grandparents, etc.

A complimentary, self-guided multi-media tour is available to check out at the front desk.

Metered parking is available in a lot on the east side
of the NMM, but is limited to one hour. Free parking is available on the tree-shaded streets just south of the NMM.

Handicapped parking spaces are
available in
the northwest corner of the NMM lot. A wheelchair entrance with
an
elevator is located on the north side of the building. Please ring
the
doorbell and wait
for admittance.

Vermillion is located on South Dakota Highway 50, six miles west of exit 26 on route I-29,
a north-south artery that links
Kansas City, Omaha, Sioux City, Sioux Falls, Fargo, Grand Forks, and Winnipeg. I-29 is accessible from I-80, which runs east and west from New York and Chicago to San Francisco, and I-90, which runs east and west from Boston and Chicago to Seattle.

Air service is available on United, Delta, American and Allegiant Air, via the hub cities of Minneapolis, Chicago, Denver, Cincinnati, Phoenix, and Las Vegas, into Sioux Falls, South Dakota (1-hour drive) and on Frontier, into Sioux City, Iowa (45-minute drive), where rental cars are available. Omaha, Nebraska (2-hour drive) is also an option.

Motels, restaurants, parks, and picnic areas are all to
be found
within a short distance of the NMM. The Prairie Inn is the closest to the NMM, an easy, five-block walk. The Comfort Inn and the Super 8 are about eight blocks away. Valiant Vineyards and Westside Inn are more than a mile away.

Clay County Park, Vermillion (15 sites, no hook-ups)

605-677-7064

Union Grove State Park (23 sites with hook-ups)
20 miles northeast of Vermillion off I-29

605-987-2263

Located on a bluff overlooking the Missouri River
near
where the Lewis & Clark expedition camped in 1804, Vermillion is a small
Midwestern college town of 10,000 people.

Students and residents delight in the clean, fresh
air of four distinct seasons, walk safely at night along tree-lined streets,
eat in several fine restaurants, and interact in the friendly, informal
way typical of life on the Great Plains.

The public schools and local medical services are
excellent and recreational opportunities are abundant. In addition to the
local parks, bike paths, and indoor facilities of the Dakota Dome, Lewis &
Clark Lake, a half-hour's drive west, offers superb beaches, boating,
camping, and hiking. Shopping opportunities abound in nearby Sioux
Falls, along with excellent airline connections. Opera Omaha, the
Omaha Symphony, and the Joslyn Art Museum are but a two-hour drive.